You can create a dummy audio device in alsa with .asoundrc incantations to get around this. I can't tell you how exactly, only that if I had this problem that's how I would approach it.
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:57:30 -0500, John covici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yep, that is the way it is supposed to work, I guess you are out of luck with this one.
on Thursday 12/09/2004 Steffen Ganschow([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
> I'm trying to answer all the questions run in since yesterday.
> If I start TRPlayer directly from the command line, I get an error message
> 'Cannot open the audio device. Another application may be using it.' because I
> don't have a soundcard installed. I can change the 'volume' value in the
> '.RealNetworks_RealMediaSDK_60' file by hand but it does not take any effect
> on the play. It also does not matter whether I use the 'timing' option of
> vsound. I tested yesterday at home (there I do have a soundcard) and
> everything worked well - I could here and record the audio stream.
>
> Steffen
